The College News
VOL. XVI, NO. 20
BRYN MAWR (AND WAYNE), PA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 1930
PRICE, 10 CENTS
Science Club Hears
of Vanishing Males
Technical Aspect of Research on
Chromosomal Theory in
Insects Given.
SCALE OF SEXES SOUGHT
"The males of the species of insects
(Icerya purchasi) which I am studying
ar� constantly becoming fewer," said
Mrs. Schrader at a Science Club tea
in the Commons Room on Monday
afternoon, "and therefore are well
suited for study by an ardent feminist.
Only 9 per cent, of the present popula-
tion of the species are male, but no
male was necessary to produce 4350
individuals in the Dalton greenhouse.
This array of fatherless individuals is
coincidental with the statement that
50 per cent, of the Bryn Mawr gradu-
ates marry and 75 per cent, have chil-
dren ! The species is commonly known
as the "cotton cushion scale" which
attacks all citrous fruits and is one of
the few cases in which the importing
of antagonistic insects could be used
in combating it.___________________
An Italian working with these in-
sects discovered large broods being
produced where no males were present
and believed it to be an example of
parthenogenesis. His account of the
chromosomal mechanism behind this
reproduction roused Mrs. Schrader's
interest in the subject.
� The application of the chromosomal
theory of heredity to sex determina-
tion wasjntroduced in the first decade
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Dr. Gray Discusses
Naval Conference
In Tuesday Chapel Dr. Gray com-
pleted the summary of the results of
the Naval Conference. Carrying his
talk* over from the previous time, Dr.
Gray said that the present conference
has limited England and the United
States to fifteen battleships, where the
former figure had been eighteen.
There is to be no replacement of bat-
tleships until 1936. Returning to the
Washington conference of 1922. Dr.
Gray said that the ruling concerning
aircraft earners was to stand as before,
but cruisers were not to be built over
ten thousand tons in weight. But
their number was not limited, and par-
ity became seriously endangered in
1924 anff 1925. when the output of
cruisers, except in the United States,
was very large. Consequently at the
conference in 1927 the cruisers were
divided into two classes: those of ten
thousand tons and carrying eight-inch
guns, and those from six thousand to
seven thousand tons and carrying six-
inch guns. Great Britain was willing
to limit the cruisers to about the num-
ber which she possessed at that mo-
ment. She did not feel that seventy
were too many for the protection of
her trade routes and for defensive pur-
poses. According to the present set-
tlement, however, she has reduced the
number to fifty.
The next question to arise at the
conference of 1927 was that of ton-
nage. At the time our cruisers already
built amounted to seventy thousand as
against Gr.eat Britain's three hundred
and twenty-seven thousand. Our pro-
posal was for two hundred thousand,
but we finally agreed to four hundred
thousand. The present agreement is
three hundred and twenty-three thou-
sand for us. and three hundred and
forty thousand for England. In 1927
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Athletic President
Jessie Cameron Is
Dance Club Soloist
Ease and Relaxation Mark Gay
Program Later Continued
by Members.
AMATEURS
PERFORM
MARY E. FROTHINGHAM
The Athletic Association of
Bryn Mawr College announces
the following elections:
President: Mary E. Frothing-
ham, '31.
Vice-president: Harriet Moore,
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Treasurer: Gertrude H. Wood-
ward, "32.
Secretary: Polly Barnitz, '33.
Sophomore Member: Margaret
Collier. '33.
Miss , Frothingham in her
Freshman year was a member
of the Athletic Board, and she
held tb.e offices of secretary and
treasurer in her Sophomore and
Junior years respectively. She
made Varsity swimming team in
her Freshman year and has cap-
tained it the past two years. She
was a member of the Varshy
lacrosse team in '28-'29, and has
played on class teams in tennis,
hockey and basketball. She has
also played on the water polo
team.
The Undergraduate Association
wishes to announce thaf Dr.
George Pierce Baker, Director of,
the University Theatre, Yale Uni-
versity, will speak on The Drama
Since 1900 in Goodhart Hall, on
Monday evening, April 28, 1930.
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{Specially contributed by Myrtle Dc
I'aux.) p v *
11 is unfortunate that there- is so lit-
tle dancing to be seen. Although noth-
ing gives one such a sense of irritation
as a poor dancer, a good dancer, more
than any artist, can impart to an audi-
ence complete satisfaction. And there
was no question of the genuine delight
the members of the dance club and the
few others present felt as they watched
Miss Jessie Cameron last Thursday
afternoon. Miss Petts, who had invited
Miss Cameron to give a short program
for the club, introduced her as a fol-
lower solely of the Duncan School, hav-
ing worked under Elizabeth Duncan at
Salzburg and taken part in the festival
in commemoration of Isadora Duncan
at the Trocadero in Paris.
We had been warned to expect that
Miss Cameron, at Miss Petts' request,
would begin by demonstrating some tech-
nical exercises: but these proved to be
so pleasing that no one knew when the
exercises were over and the dances
proper had begun. Slowly moving from
behind the grey curtain, she first ap-
peared and simply walked across the
floor, but graceful, relaxed, from her
bare feet to her curly red hair. Again,
she ran lithely and showed her extraor-
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Sword Club Defeats
Bryn Mawr With Foils
In a very close and evenly-matched
fencing meet last Thursday the Phila-
delphia Sword �lub defeated the three
Bryn Mawr representatives, Miss
Parkhurst, Miss Seligman, and Miss
Watts, by a score of 5-4 matches. Very
little of the fencing was distinguished
for its form, and much of it was some-
what desultory�nevertheless it was
particularly interesting in that it re-
vealed certain definite characteristics of
the various fencers. It was noticeable
that all the members of the Bryn
Mawr team waited for an attack to be
launched against them, preferring the
advantages of a defensive position to
the positive and dangerous elements in
an attack.
Miss Parkhurst did some very fine
fencing, controlling her movements in
both attack and defense to a greater
extent than the others, and preserving
an outward calm which served to make
her sudden, rapid advances and retreats
more effective. Many of the matches
produced a wild type of technique in
wielding the foils which was difficult to
name, but rather more interesting to
watch than the extreme caution of a
few of the bouts. Of the Sword Club
representatives, Mrs. Twining was
most restrained, but the most spectac-
ular fencing was done by Miss Brylo-
ski who had occasional flashes of
splendid form.
The two judges, Dr. Herben and
Mr. Warren, gaye exhibition matches
with both the epee and the saber,
weapons which �Orov'<'e ^ar better op-
portunities to dazzle the spectator.
These two quickly moving and en-
thusiastically played bouts did much to
make fencing seem a very exciting
sport. Even here however there was
little actual mastery of technique. The
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Benefit Performance of
Parsifal Disappointing
The performance of an art-work such
as Parsifal deserves attention under any
circumstances, to say nothing of those
which would seem to be departures in
Metropolitan Opera tradition. This year
in addition to the Philadelphia Tuesday,
and New York Good Friday, perform-
ances, there was also one on Wednes-
day, by means of which the summer
schools of Bryn Mawr and Barnard were
"benefited" to the extent of twelve thou-
sand dollars. Tin's and the facts that there
were no cuts, that Wednesday's was the
first evening performance in ten years',
Mr. Serafin conducted instead of Mr.
Bodanzky, and that Elizabeth Ohms sang
Kundry for the first time here, should
be extra breeders of�comment. And
they are, which is fortunate for the1
Metropolitan, since there is less space
left in which to consider the perform-
ances themselves. Of the two which w*
attended, both in New York, the most
that we can say is that a few indi-
viduals made an honest effort. But if
Mr. Serafin roused the orchestra out of
the lethargy of former years, he counter-
balanced this feat by his reading of
Wagner, who might have been Rossini as
far as Mr. Serifin's tactics were con-
cerned. Consequently a great deal of
the dignity and impressiveness were lost,
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Registration
There i^ only one registration
appointment posted for each
student in college. Many of
these have not been used this
week, so that there will not be
enough appointments to go
around.
Every student must sign, byfpre
5 P. It. Iriday, April 25, for an
appointment. with Miss Carey or�
Miss*Gardiner. Anyone who fails
to sign before that time will be
fined $5.00 for late, registration.
Students may not cross off
.their names when they have once
signed, without getting a sub-
stitute. A fine of $2.00 will be
imposed for breaking an appoint-
ment once made without sending
a substitute.
League President
Virgil Bimillennium
Wrongly Calculated
Literary Reputation Growing in
Spite of Criticism of
19th Century.
BRYN MAWR READS POET
MARJORIE FIELD, '32
The League Elects!
The Bryn Mawr League takes
pleasure in announcing the elec-
tion of Miss Marjorie Field, '32,
as its President for the coming
year.
Miss Field has been Chairman
of the Junk Committee during
the past week, and has been ac-
tive in Americanization work at
the Bryn Mawr Community
Centre.
New Courses
A number of new courses have been
announced for next year. In French.
Professor Canu will give a one-unit
advanced course in the Historical
Background of French Literature. In
German, Professor Mezger will give
a one-unit advanced course in modern
German literature. In Second Year
History Dr. Robbins is offering a one-
unit course for the first semester,
Europe from the sixteenth to the
eighteenth centuries. In English. Dr.
Glen has a one-unit advanced course
in the seventeenth century, and Miss
Garvin will give a half-unit elective.
English Poetry since 1850. In Biol-
ogy, Dr. D. E. Smith will give an
elective one-unit coursey in Bacteriol-
ogy, which is open to^aTTyone who has
taken First Year Biology.
College Girls Offered
Experience in Geneva
Since 1925 an unusual opportunity
as been enjoyed by a limited number
of American college girls in the form
of a most interesting summer in Gen-
eva, Switzerland.
The group is under the auspices of
Mrs. Elbert F. Baldwin, who has lived
for many years in Geneva, where she
and her husband, formerly European
editor of the Outlook Magazine, have
many friends and contacts.
Realizing the significance of Geneva
as a radiating centre of influence along
many lines, the aim is to select ibout
twenty representative girls from vari-
ous parts of the country, who are
anxious for a wider knowledge of
world affairs, "to push back their hori-
zons," to let them absorb as much as
they can of this rare atmosphere. Girls
from the largest Eastern colleges and
also* from the West and South have
been represented in the group, and
their response has been the best testi-
mony to the value of the summer.
Preference is given to girls below
the senior class in order that the bene-
fit of the experience may be shared
when they return to college, as a small
contribution to the upbuilding of an
understanding international attitude in
American life.
The group travels to Europe in the
Student Third Class accomodations,
and on arrival has a few days of tour-
ing and a week Tn'ParN.
In Geneva, the girls live in small
groups of three or four in the homes
of choice Swiss families. A fair knowl-
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A mistake has been made in cal-
culating the date of "the Virgilian bi-
millennium, began Dr. Taylor in
Chapel on Thursday morning. If, as
is generally accepted. "Virgil was born
October 15. 70 B. C. his centennial
anniversary was in 31 A. D. and his bi-
millennium is not until 1931. Musso-
lini has cleverly avoided choosing be-
tween the correct and the commonly
accepted date by celebrating the an-
niversary^ for a whole year, from Oc-
tober 15. 1930. to October 15, 1931.
When one considers 'the throngs
of pilgrims- who will go this year to
\'irgil*s birthplace it does not seem
strange that so many Italian states ad-
vance their several claims to its pos-
session. An Englishman has recently
found a new site for Virgil's farm,
forty miles outside Mantua. The
traditional one is much nearer the
town; but more, pilgrjms will go to the
N'aples that Virgil loved so well, the
site of his tomb, than to Mantua. At
Rome this summer the American
Academy will give a course on "Vir-
gil and Eternal Rome." Some travel
companies are celebrating the anni-
versary by having special Virgil pil-
grimages and cruises.
At Bryn Mawr we have been asked
what notice we are taking of Virgil
at this time. The answer is that we
are reading him. Even those who do
not read Virgil's Eclogues and Bucol-
ics in first, year Latin are acquainted
with him. Every student here has
read the Aeneid or part of it. usually
not without deriving some value from
the experience. In honors work Vir-
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Alumnae and Faculty Notes
According to the New York Times,
"thirty-four grants in-'aid of research,
with an aggregate value of N $20,000,
were announced by the American,
Council pfj Learned Societies. The
awards are financed" by the Rockefeller
Foundation, having been first provided
^or by the Laura Spelman Rockefeller
Memorial in 1926."
It is interesting to note that six of
these grants have been given to scho-
lar connected with Bryn Mawr. They
are:
David, Charles W.. A. B. Bryn
Mawr. 1893. Professor of European
History. Bryn Mawr College. For a
Study and edition of De expugnatione
I.yxbonensi (1147).
D'Evelyn, Charlotte. Ph. D., Bryn '
Mawr. '17. Associate Professor of
English Literature. Mount Holyoke
College. For an edition of Peter Idle's
Instructions to His Son-
(.illet. Joseph E.. Profe^or of
Spanish, Bryn Mawr College. For an
edition of Bartolome de Torre's
N'aharro.
Putnam, Bertha H., Professor of
Hisfory, Mount Holyoke College. For
a study of proceedings before justices
of the peace, 1327-1485.
Smith, Edith Marion. A. B., M. A.,
and Ph. D. of Bryn Mawr. Profes-
sor of Greek and Latin, Hollins Col-
lege. For a study of the relations of
the Phocean colony Ma--ilia with the
peoples of Gaul.
Wheeler. Arthur I... formerly Pro-
fessor of Latin at Bryn Mawr. Profes-
sor of Latin, Princeton University.
For photographs of Mss. of P1autu<
Lantern Announces
The /.nii/frn.has the pleasure of
announcing that Evelyn Waples.
'31. has been elected Editof-in-
Chief for the coming year.
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